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... tons of coal mined brought death to a miner . The odds were just a little less than 500 to 1 that any miner would lose his life on the job . The greatest number of the 1968 deaths , a total of 99 , resulted from falls of roof , face ...
... tons of coal mined brought death to a miner . The odds were just a little less than 500 to 1 that any miner would lose his life on the job . The greatest number of the 1968 deaths , a total of 99 , resulted from falls of roof , face ...
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... tons in 1963 to 552 million tons in 1967 , have indeed revived the industry and permitted an increase in profits from $ 56 million in 1959 , to $ 130 million in 1965. Yet the coal mining industry is still in the horse - and - buggy era ...
... tons in 1963 to 552 million tons in 1967 , have indeed revived the industry and permitted an increase in profits from $ 56 million in 1959 , to $ 130 million in 1965. Yet the coal mining industry is still in the horse - and - buggy era ...
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... tons produced daily at time of the accidents . 3,172 248 , 029 Number of roof - fall fatalities per thousand employees at mines having fatalities .. 139 6.33 109 Total daily tons per fatality . 3,595 A tabulation of the Bureau of Mines ...
... tons produced daily at time of the accidents . 3,172 248 , 029 Number of roof - fall fatalities per thousand employees at mines having fatalities .. 139 6.33 109 Total daily tons per fatality . 3,595 A tabulation of the Bureau of Mines ...
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... ton of coal produced . For these larger and more efficient mines covered by the survey a mine producing 20,000 tons per year would require an investment of about $ 31.
... ton of coal produced . For these larger and more efficient mines covered by the survey a mine producing 20,000 tons per year would require an investment of about $ 31.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. tons per year would require an investment of about $ 16,000 . If the equipment were used for 20 years this would represent a cost of 4 cents per ton of coal mined . There ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. tons per year would require an investment of about $ 16,000 . If the equipment were used for 20 years this would represent a cost of 4 cents per ton of coal mined . There ...
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Page 749 - Any Commissioner may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
Page 527 - If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any . person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 16. This Act may be cited as the "National Labor Relations Act.
Page 514 - In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person under this subsection, the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or...
Page 294 - Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt the real property of associations from either State, county or municipal taxes, to the same extent, according to its value, as other real property is taxed...
Page 294 - That nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent all the shares in any of said associations, held by any person or body corporate, from being included in the valuation of the personal property of such person or corporation, in the assessment of taxes imposed by or under State authority, at the place where such bank is located and not elsewhere...
Page 463 - Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term.
Page 525 - Act shall be construed to supersede or in any manner affect any workmen's compensation law or to enlarge or diminish or affect in any other manner the common law or statutory rights, duties, or liabilities of employers and employees under any law with respect to injuries, diseases, or death of employees arising out of, or in the course of, employment.
Page 758 - I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the Record. The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New Mexico?
Page 253 - Record. (There being no objection, the letter was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows : ) SEPTEMBER 25, 1970.
Page 495 - For the purposes of this section — (1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die; and (2) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of any period of time in which Congress is in continuous session.